Volleyball Earns AVCA’s 2026 Team Academic Award

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Missouri Southern volleyball earned the 2026 AVCA Team Academic Award, American Volleyball Coaches Association announced Thursday. The Lions were recognized with the award after maintaining a year-long grade-point average of 3.5. MSSU registered a 3.4 GPA over Fall 2025 and a 3.6 GPA over the Spring 2026 semester. MSSU captured the laurel for the 12th-straight academic year and 17th time in program history. One thousand four hundred thirty-two collegiate and high school volleyball teams earned the 2026 AVCA Team Academic Award by maintaining a year-long grade-point average of at least 3.3 on a 4.0 scale (or 4.1...